re: Tiger Stadium in the 4th Quarter: Intimidation

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I just don't understand why people care so much about when fans leave

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Once upon a time -- and well within my lifetime -- Tiger Stadium was a feared and intimidating place to play, for anyone. The sole reason for that was that LSU fans packed the stadium almost every night, and we jumped and screamed every second our defense was on the field, no matter who the opponent was and no matter what the score was. Up 77-0 in the 4th quarter vs. Rice in 1977, the stands were mostly full of people screaming at the top of their lungs for the defense to stop the Owls. That's just the way LSU fans were back then, and that is what built the reputation Tiger Stadium once had. Very few fans in the stands are like that today, so Tiger Stadium is basically a non-factor in all but a handful of games, and then only if we get just the right combination of factors. We were down 10 in the 4th quarter against Florida in '09 and could barely get any noise going at all for our defense because so many of the fans were either booing or leaving in protest over Jefferson's performance. That's not intimidating, and it's not a benefit to the team like Tiger Stadium used to be. And lots of people (myself included) used to really enjoy the fact that we were part of something like that, and we would love to see modern LSU fans embrace that so Tiger Stadium can be something great again.